At 2350GMT we get Japan’s January current account balance, and final GDP data.

  • BoP Current Account Balance for January, expected ¥ -1411.8B, prior ¥ -638.6B
  • BoP Current Account Adjusted for January: expected ¥ -548.9B, prior ¥ -196.7B
  • Trade Balance BoP Basis January: expected ¥ -2589.6B, prior ¥ -1212.6B
  • GDP (seasonally adjusted) for Q4, final, q/q: expected 0.2%, prior 0.3%
  • GDP Annualized (seasonally adjusted) for Q4, final y/y: expected 0.9%, prior 1.0%
  • GDP Nominal (seasonally adjusted) for Q4, final q/q: expected 0.4%, prior 0.4%
  • GDP Deflator y/y for Q4, final: expected -0.4%, prior -0.4%
  • Bank Lending including trusts February, y/y: expected 2.4%, prior 2.3%
  • Bank Lending excluding trusts January y/y: prior 2.6%

At 0500GMT: Economy Watchers Survey (published by Cabinet office) for February:

  • Current, expected is 54.1, prior was 54.7
  • Outlook, expected is 50.5, prior was 49.0